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New Internet2 Land Speed Record Set
International Team Lead by the University of Tokyo Achieves its Fourth
Record

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - March 8, 2006 - Internet2 today announced that an
international team set a new Internet2 Land Speed Records (I2-LSR) in both
the IPv6 and IPv4 single and multi-stream categories. This record marks the
fourth time a University of Tokyo-lead team has achieved an Internet2 Land
Speed record. As an open and ongoing competition for the highest-bandwidth,
end-to-end networks, Internet2 LSR awards represent the fastest rate at
which data is transferred multiplied by the distance traveled.

For the IPv4 record, a team from the University of Tokyo, WIDE Project,
Microsoft Corp., Pacific Northwest Gigapop, JGN2 and other institutions
collaborated to create a network path over 30,000 kilometers in distance
crossing eight international networks. In doing so, the team successfully
transferred data at a rate of 7.99 Gbps which is equal to 239,820
terabit-meters per second (Tb-m/s).  

For the IPv6 record, a team from the University of Tokyo, WIDE Project,
Pacific Northwest Gigapop, JGN2, Chelsio Communications and other
institutions created a path over 30,000 kilometers in distance crossing five
international networks. The team transferred data at a rate of 6.18 Gbps.
Achieving a mark of 185,400 terabit-meters per second (Tb-m/s) - 10.75% more
than the previous record.

Dr. Kei Hiraki, professor at the University of Tokyo and LSR team leader
said, "Through these trials, we are now demonstrating that the performance
of IPv6 is almost on par with IPv4.  For researchers and scientists around
the world, this is a positive indication that IPv6 is now ready to be used
in prime time for their high-performance applications." 

For more information about this record-setting attempt, see: 
For the IPv4 record: http://data-reservoir.adm.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/lsr-20051110/
For the IPv6 record: http://data-reservoir.adm.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/lsr-20051112/

Details of past winning entries, complete rules, submission guidelines, and
additional details are available at: http://lsr.internet2.edu/

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Media Contact:
Lauren Rotman
Internet2